There was originally a painting on the wall of a snake with four wings on its back. At some point, the snake on the painting opened its eyes.
Xu Chunniang felt a chill, as if she was being stared at by something.
She withdrew her gaze, ignored the discomfort, and walked down the stairs.
After walking along the stairs for about half a quarter of an hour, she entered a stone room and suddenly became enlightened.
The walls of the stone chamber no longer have those weird black lines, but are instead covered with murals.
Xu Chunniang looked up and saw that these murals had gone through many years and were covered with mottled marks left by the years. She could only barely make out what was painted on them.
She approached the stone wall and examined the murals carefully.
After reading all the murals, Xu Chunniang understood that what was shown in this mural was the life of a female monarch.
This female monarch was born in troubled times and spent her whole life fighting for the stability of the country. After she finally put down the rebellion, she died of her injuries.
When the female monarch died, she was not even thirty yet. The whole country mourned her and paid filial piety for three years.
Xu Chunniang was thoughtful, could it be that the place she was in was not some underground palace, but the mausoleum of this empress?
She recalled the structure of the entire building, and the more she thought about it, the more possible it became.
If this underground palace is a mausoleum, then the burial place of the female monarch is probably in the tomb next to this stone chamber.
I just don’t know what the relationship between those black lines and the numerous puppets at the ninth level of Qi training has with this female monarch.
There was no cultivator in Nujun's life. Although she was the king of a country, she was just a mortal. Logically speaking, she had nothing to do with the world of immortality.
But now it seems that it is not that simple.
Xu Chunniang shook her head and walked forward. We will only know all this when we get to the tomb.
Without much effort, she found the entrance to the tomb.
The stone door at the entrance to the tomb is covered with black lines and some strange runes.
Xu Chunniang frowned. She was not familiar with witchcraft and did not know the use of these runes, but intuitively, she felt that they were not good things.
With a "click" sound, she pushed open the stone door and walked into the tomb.
Before she had time to glance at the scene in the tomb, a sword light swept straight towards where she was standing.
Xu Chunniang's expression changed slightly, and she moved back without hesitation, avoiding the sword light.
The second, third, and fourth sword lights followed closely. As these sword lights rose and fell, four heavy figures walked out of the stone door.
They were wearing armor and their movements were uniform. They were clearly four puppets.
Xu Chunniang narrowly avoided the three sword lights behind her, beads of sweat broke out on her forehead. Each of these four puppets had the cultivation level of the early stage of foundation building.
The puppet relies on instinct to fight, and has the characteristics of high defense, slow movement speed, and insufficient agility.
Although the combat strength of the puppets is not as good as that of monks of the same level, the four puppets in the early stage of foundation building are simply not something Xu Chunniang can handle now.
Her current strength can at best deal with a puppet in the early stages of foundation building.
After discovering the intruder Xu Chunniang, these puppets chased after her, waving their giant swords constantly and attacking her, trying to kill the intruder.
Chased by four puppets in the early stages of foundation building, Xu Chunniang was in a panic.
Although they can only rely on instinct to fight and their attack speed is not very fast, their cultivation is a real crushing force. She can only rely on the advantage of speed to avoid these sword lights.
For example, Xu Chunniang is like a nimble mouse, and the four puppets in the early stage of foundation building are like four clumsy big cats.
Although the big cat is slow, as long as the mouse touches the big cat's paw, the skin and flesh will be torn apart.
It won't take long if this continues, and the mice will be completely beaten to death by the big cats.
Xu Chunniang frowned slightly and ran in the direction she came from, but when she reached the stairs, she discovered that they were blocked by a huge boulder.
It takes time to break open the boulder, at least when Xu Niang was being chased by four puppets in the early stages of foundation building at the same time, she had no time to break it open.
The foundation-building puppet held a huge sword, which was very powerful. If she was hit by the sword in its hand, she would break many bones, and she could not stop.
Xu Chunniang had no choice but to take the four puppets in circles in the stone room while thinking hard about countermeasures.
The puppet has only one weakness, which is where its central organ is located.
Once the central mechanism of the puppet is destroyed, no matter how high it is, it will not be able to use it at all.
However, only the puppet master who made the puppet knows the location of the central mechanism of the puppet, and it is difficult for others to find its exact location.
Xu Chunniang recalled that along the way, the central organs of other puppets she encountered were mostly between the waist and abdomen, and some were in the legs.
The four foundation-building puppets in front of her, and the Qi-training puppets she encountered before, were most likely made by one person.
So, are the central organs of the four puppets in front of us also located between the waist, abdomen or legs?
Whether it is, you will know once you try it!
She took out her white spear, ran the Lingxu Step with all her strength, turned around and stabbed the nearest puppet.
The puppet didn't seem to see the white spear that was about to fall on him, and calmly waved the giant sword towards Xu Chunniang.
In their world, they must carry out orders and kill intruders, even if they are shattered to pieces.
Xu Chunniang's expression changed slightly, she slid to the left to avoid the blow, and the tip of the spear grazed the puppet's waist.
The puppet was a dead thing and could resist all attacks, but she didn't dare to take this one.
After such a delay, the three puppets that were a little further behind caught up and chopped them down with their swords.
In desperation, she had no choice but to avoid the sharp edge temporarily, dodging while looking for another opportunity to strike.
Finally, after going around in two big circles and putting enough distance between herself and these puppets, Xu Chunniang found an opportunity.
She poured her spiritual power into the white spear and threw it hard at one of the puppets.
The white spear came out of his hand and stabbed at the puppet's left waist like an arrow, piercing it hard and inserting it into its waist.
After being hit by the white-rod gun, it suddenly stopped moving, and the right hand holding the giant sword high hung down weakly.
Xu Chunniang couldn't help but her heart beat faster. She succeeded after this try!
She took back the white-barrel gun and continued to dodge the attacks of the other three puppets, looking for new opportunities to strike.
The three puppets were chasing after her closely, and she fought hard to receive a sword beam before finally taking action again.
After the white-rod gun was released, it pierced the waist of one of the puppets very quickly.
It's just that after the puppet was attacked, it looked as if nothing had happened. Obviously, its central organ is not between the waist and abdomen.
Xu Chunniang was not discouraged. In fact, she was extremely lucky to be able to hit the first puppet with one hit.
As long as she can maintain this speed and not be hit by the giant sword, she can slowly find the opportunity for the center of these puppets and destroy them one by one.
She took back the white spear and calmly dodged the sword light and giant sword attacks.
After all, a puppet is just a puppet. Even if it has a strong cultivation level, it will be difficult to exert its strength as a monk.